Dix Fables de la Fontaine

Title

en_US Dix Fables de la Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French/German

en_US #2643

en_US Selected and Adapted by Louis Untermeyer

Creator

en_US de La Fontaine, Jean See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:58Z

en_US 2009-07

en_US 1950

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:58Z

Date Issued

en_US 1950

Abstract

en_US An anniversary memento from a Swiss firm that makes watches. The outside and inside cover proclaim 1889-1949. The approach to the ten fables is whimsical. The illustrations are all light hearted and brightly colored. My prizes go to WL (11) and Le Héron (25). The tortoise carries an enshrined hourglass on his multi-colored back (23). The moral to each fable says something about Doxa. Thus for TH it is Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir á temps--et pour partir á temps, avoir une Doxa! There is an appendix, titled Als Schlussfolgerung, in German. It gives a three-page history of the Doxa firm and climaxes in the claim Pünktlichkeit ist Edelheit (Punctuality is nobility). Stiff paper wraps, folded over to form a pocket in the back cover. I had wondered about that pocket earlier. Now I have been lucky enough to find a copy that puts six Creations Doxa advertisements into that folded pocket. They are with this copy.

Identifier

en_US 3629 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78987

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Doxa

en_US La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse

Subject

en_US PQ1808 .A2 1950 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole